Local News

Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi said he would accept the invitation to join the exploratory committee for examining a possible bid by Nagasaki City and Hiroshima City to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. He added, however, that it would be only to assist their efforts, and not for the purpose of holding any of the events should the bid be accepted. Fukuoka City turned down the same invitation because it thought the involvement of cities that did not suffer an atomic bombing would dilute the cause.